Lars Doucet

@larsiusprime · Texas · joined 15 Jul 2011

☦ Narcoleptic Norseman, Texan with Tourette's, Game design and Game theory, Mass Appraisal for the Masses

15 069Followers

820Following

98 306Posts total

132.4KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

Lars Doucet@larsiusprime8 Sep

You'd think the NAR would be afraid of lawsuits and move to make example of people who pull this 2.1K views · 18 likes · 1 reposts · 5 replies Open on X →

Lars Doucet@larsiusprime4 Sep

Every time: vote for the latest school bond! But noooooo we can't raise any revenue to pay for it! Do you believe in fiscal responsibility or don't you? https://t.co/SsLEXR3qoY

595 views · 16 likes · 1 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Lars Doucet@larsiusprime4 Sep

Why do people hold valuable land in cities out of use? (inspired by an @arpitrage tweet from a while back) https://t.co/6Q59MYF4cz https://t.co/XY6ij24JiQ

2.2K views · 38 likes · 10 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

Lars Doucet@larsiusprime30 Aug

Based on this report by @dwarkesh_sp, the proper science fiction metaphor for AI agents seems like it's neither the Terminator, nor the Paperclip Maximizer, but Mr. Meeseeks https://t.co/Eqq71Qbz5C https://t.co/dLdKcxJ4I1

1.3K views · 32 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Lars Doucet@larsiusprime18 Nov 2024

@larsiusprime I'm so sorry for your loss, Lars. My condolences to you and your family. 3.8K views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Lars Doucet@larsiusprime17 Nov 2024

Nikolas Andreas Doucet, age 8, died painlessly of sudden cardiac arrest on Friday, November 8th, 2024, at 7:03 PM Central time. He was buried on Friday November 16, 2024. The following was the eulogy that I, his father, gave at his graveside. 1/X https://t.co/MOTE7F2Ngh

107.4K views · 699 likes · 12 reposts · 59 replies Open on X →

Lars Doucet@larsiusprime17 Nov 2024

I’ve heard a lot of bad eulogies in my time. There’s at least three different ways to give a bad eulogy. First, I could pour all of my efforts into denying every ounce of grief, insisting instead on “celebrating the life” of Nikolas, pursuing the absurd goal of making sure 15K views · 503 likes · 5 reposts · 68 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown far beyond its own audience, and the audience reacts.

Median views1 704this account959median for 10K–100K

Reach, %11.31%this account3.75%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %2.62%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 704	959	1.78×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	11.31%	3.75%	3.02×
Engagement rate	2.62%	1.52%	1.72×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

15K17 Nov

107.4K

3.8K18 Nov

1.3K30 Aug

2.2K4 Sep

595

2.1K8 Sep

Last 7 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

3.84%17 Nov

0.72%

0.29%18 Nov

2.84%30 Aug

2.39%4 Sep

3.19%

1.14%8 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes79.1%1 316 in total

Reposts1.9%32 in total

Replies8.5%141 in total

Bookmarks10.5%174 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.